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Let the Big Cat roar: Musician releasing new Jaguars-themed song Thursday at Landing

“Each and every Sunday I’m looking for a snack

Out on the hunt and hungry, it’s a Jag attack!”

Jade’an “Blue Jay” Jourden has worked with longshots in the past – he wrote a campaign theme song for Ross Perot’s presidential campaign and is closely involved with the World Freedom Project. Now he wants to create a stadium anthem for the longest longshot in the NFL, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

He’s recorded “The Big Cat’s Back,” a theme song he’s hoping will catch on with Jaguar fans and perhaps one day be pumped through the stadium’s speakers to rile up the crowd. The song, which blends elements of rock, R&B and rap, will be unveiled at a CD release party from 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Fionn MacCool’s at the Jacksonville Landing. Jaxson de Ville, the team’s mascot, is schedule to be there, along with a live broadcast from 1010XL. A video for the song will also be shot at the event, Jourden said.

Jourden is the leader of the Mystic Waters Band. Most of that band will appear in the video, but they’re billed as Big Cat & the Jaguettes.

Jourden said he’s been in the music business for years, and he looks the part, with long hair, cut-off sleeves and a droopy handlebar mustache. He said he’s written political themes for Perot, put together an international music video for “World Freedom Song (Together We Are One)” and is co-founder of the World Freedom Project , which he described as “sort of a huge, Woodstock approach to world music.”

Jourden, who has been a football fan his whole life and a Jaguars fan since moving to the area three years ago, said the song emerged from a business plan he presented the Jaguars to create a team chant. That led him to write an entire song, take his band into Skylab Studio in Gainesville and record it. If it catches on, he hopes to record a new version before every season.

“Really, this is about the fans,” he said. “This isn’t really a money issue. I want to do something for this team. Whether your team’s winning or losing, you still support your team.”